SAGE Member Expertise
NSF PI and Co-PIs
Elisabeth Hamin
Professor and Head of Department, Department: Landscape Architecture & Regional Plan, UMASS Amherst
Don Degroot
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMASS Amherst
Melissa Kenney
Associate Research Professor in Environmental Decision Support Science at the University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)
Tom Sheahan
Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
Steering Committee
David Dodman, Director: Human Settlements Group, International Institute for Environment and Developmen
Farrokh Nadim, Technical Director, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Fernando Gilbes, Professor, Department of Geology; Director, Center for Hemispherical Cooperation (CoHemis) University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Brian McAdoo, Professor and College Rector Yale-NUS College
Leonard Nurse, Senior Lecturer, Center for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), Cave Hill Campus, UWI, Barbados
Kim Penn, Climate Change Coordinator, NOAA
Dale Webber, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Studies and Research, University of the West Indies
Members
Yaser Abunnasr, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, American University of Beirut
Elizabeth Albright, Assistant Professor of the Practice at the Nicholas School, Duke University
Allison Baer, Faculty Assistant at the University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Maya Buchanan, PhD student in climate impacts and adaptation policy at Princeton
Angela Burnett, Environmental Officer - Virgin Islands Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour
Jane Buxton, PhD student in Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Barbara Carby, Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, University of the West Indies
John Charlery, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics, Cave Hill, UWI Barbados
Carter Craft, Senior Economic Officer at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York
Max Dilthey, Ph.D. student in Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts Amherst
John Duff, Associate Professor, School for the Environment, UMass Boston
Lucy Emerton, Director, Conservation Economics & Finance, Environment Management Group
Mervin Hastings, Deputy Director at the Conservation and Fisheries Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Lorna Inniss, Director (Ag), Coastal Zone Management Unit Barbados, WI
Lianna Jarecki, Educator, researcher and program director
Pamela Judge, PhD Candidate, Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst
Paul Kirshen, Research Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Hampshire
James Kostaras, Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Urban Development in Cambridge, MA.
David Kriebel, Professor of Ocean Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy and an active consultant in coastal engineering through his company, Coastal Analytics LLC
Ainsley Lloyd, Senior Scientist, U.S. National Climate Indicators System
Sissy Nikoloau, Senior Associate and Director Geoseismic Dept. at Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers in New York
Rob Pirani, Director of the NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program, Hudson River Foundation
Tim Randhir, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Conservation, UMASS Amherst
Cynthia Rolli, FEMA Risk MAP Program as a Regional Program Management Lead
Robert L. Ryan, FASLA is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Steven Scyphers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern University.
Kevin M. Smith, develops and implements innovative shoreline projects for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Bill Solecki, Professor and Director, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities
Bhaskar Subramanian, heads the Shoreline Conservation Service for MD Department of Natural Resources, administers Maryland’s zero-interest loan program to implement shoreline restoration projects and assists the Maryland Department of the Environment (State’s regulatory authority) in implementing Maryland's Living Shorelines Law
Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier, research faculty member at the University of Maryland in the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center and is also the Ecosystem Science Adviser for the National Ocean Service at NOAA
Mr. Townsend, Manager of the Natural Resources Management and Environmental Planning Department, Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Jamaica
Robert Walker, licensed professional engineer, studying coastal geology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dr. Mona Webber, Senior lecturer in the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus
Robert Weiss, Associate Professor of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Elisabeth Hamin
Professor and Head of Department, Department: Landscape Architecture & Regional Plan, UMASS Amherst
Don Degroot
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMASS Amherst
Melissa Kenney
Associate Research Professor in Environmental Decision Support Science at the University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)
Tom Sheahan
Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
Steering Committee
David Dodman, Director: Human Settlements Group, International Institute for Environment and Developmen
Farrokh Nadim, Technical Director, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Fernando Gilbes, Professor, Department of Geology; Director, Center for Hemispherical Cooperation (CoHemis) University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Brian McAdoo, Professor and College Rector Yale-NUS College
Leonard Nurse, Senior Lecturer, Center for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), Cave Hill Campus, UWI, Barbados
Kim Penn, Climate Change Coordinator, NOAA
Dale Webber, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Studies and Research, University of the West Indies
Members
Yaser Abunnasr, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, American University of Beirut
Elizabeth Albright, Assistant Professor of the Practice at the Nicholas School, Duke University
Allison Baer, Faculty Assistant at the University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Maya Buchanan, PhD student in climate impacts and adaptation policy at Princeton
Angela Burnett, Environmental Officer - Virgin Islands Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour
Jane Buxton, PhD student in Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Barbara Carby, Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, University of the West Indies
John Charlery, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics, Cave Hill, UWI Barbados
Carter Craft, Senior Economic Officer at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York
Max Dilthey, Ph.D. student in Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts Amherst
John Duff, Associate Professor, School for the Environment, UMass Boston
Lucy Emerton, Director, Conservation Economics & Finance, Environment Management Group
Mervin Hastings, Deputy Director at the Conservation and Fisheries Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Lorna Inniss, Director (Ag), Coastal Zone Management Unit Barbados, WI
Lianna Jarecki, Educator, researcher and program director
Pamela Judge, PhD Candidate, Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst
Paul Kirshen, Research Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Hampshire
James Kostaras, Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Urban Development in Cambridge, MA.
David Kriebel, Professor of Ocean Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy and an active consultant in coastal engineering through his company, Coastal Analytics LLC
Ainsley Lloyd, Senior Scientist, U.S. National Climate Indicators System
Sissy Nikoloau, Senior Associate and Director Geoseismic Dept. at Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers in New York
Rob Pirani, Director of the NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program, Hudson River Foundation
Tim Randhir, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Conservation, UMASS Amherst
Cynthia Rolli, FEMA Risk MAP Program as a Regional Program Management Lead
Robert L. Ryan, FASLA is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Steven Scyphers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern University.
Kevin M. Smith, develops and implements innovative shoreline projects for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Bill Solecki, Professor and Director, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities
Bhaskar Subramanian, heads the Shoreline Conservation Service for MD Department of Natural Resources, administers Maryland’s zero-interest loan program to implement shoreline restoration projects and assists the Maryland Department of the Environment (State’s regulatory authority) in implementing Maryland's Living Shorelines Law
Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier, research faculty member at the University of Maryland in the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center and is also the Ecosystem Science Adviser for the National Ocean Service at NOAA
Mr. Townsend, Manager of the Natural Resources Management and Environmental Planning Department, Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Jamaica
Robert Walker, licensed professional engineer, studying coastal geology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dr. Mona Webber, Senior lecturer in the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus
Robert Weiss, Associate Professor of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
